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title: "Help! What are these little white bugs crawling on my monstera? I…"
description: "Help! What are these little white bugs crawling on my monstera? I only see them on the new leaf (which grew in kind of dead, not great), not on the other two…"
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# Help! What are these little white bugs crawling on my monstera? I…

_Kirsten님이 2024-09-14에 게시함_

Help! What are these little white bugs crawling on my monstera? I only see them on the new leaf (which grew in kind of dead, not great), not on the other two that are original to the cutting I received back in April. I quickly did a spray of insecticidal soap, and hours later still saw a couple so gave another spray. I know the picture quality isn’t great but based on this can anyone advise if they’re aphids, white flies, or thrips? Never had any of those before so not sure best way to treat🫣😖😰

![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/fNNEhrbV2gUvuwbi2sRUYVFufs3BoKT0bbvkFqjcSSc/lDMlB-asQ_SnLZNcUq7cUQ.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/fNNEhrbV2gUvuwbi2sRUYVFufs3BoKT0bbvkFqjcSSc/XKPTIzA4SbKp727MuR0ndw.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/fNNEhrbV2gUvuwbi2sRUYVFufs3BoKT0bbvkFqjcSSc/qFDYY51LSpePcyU1pOFL3A.webp?size=large)

## 7개의 댓글

### Danii님이 2024-09-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Thripsss.

### Bay Area Plant Mom님이 2024-09-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

THRIPS!! act fast 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

#### Kirsten님이 2024-09-14에 답변했습니다.

What exactly am I suppose to do? Is using insecticidal soap enough? Is there more I’ll need to do?

#### Bay Area Plant Mom님이 2024-09-14에 답변했습니다.

if you wanna get to know nematodes and predatory mites and possibly get rid of pests once and for all check out natures good guys website and plantsbymelissa on yt has a good video of a two month journey getting rid of thrips with beneficial insects. act fast though, they do spread fast since they can fly 😓

### Sunny님이 2024-09-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Thrips. They spread fast. Isolate the plant to prevent spreading them. Check the other plants in the room. Reapply the insecticidal soap in about two weeks. Disinfect hands and tools are after handling all plants. Good Luck.

### Abi’s Plants님이 2024-09-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Systemic granules worked pretty fast for me. I know some ppl don’t like using it. But it was a lifesaver for me

### Kirsten님이 2024-09-15에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Ahhh thanks everyone! The insecticidal soap seems to be working as I’m seeing less so I’ll stay consistent with that🤞🫣

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